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WISCONSIN · RUSK COUNTY

Big Bend

410 people, 1,070 ft above sea level in Rusk County.

1,070 ftElevation, city center
410People, 2024 estimate
33 sq miLand area
Sunny 67°
Sunny now Dew point 58° · SSW 7 mph · high 67°
City of Big Bend River Interstate 2 miles
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The Big Bend plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Big Bend

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM CDT
RIGHT NOW Rice Lake Regional-Carl's Field Airport (KRPD) · 3:35 PM
Sunny
67° Sunny Feels like 67° · high of 67° near 3 PM
WindSSW 7 mphno gusts
Humidity74%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure29.84 in →steady
Visibility7 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 58° · Comfortable36° by Friday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Today, about 4 PMin about 1 hours · 77% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINSept. 190.2 in · 10 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Rusk County
NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:57 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:00 AM6:50 PM ↓
11 h 49 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waning gibbous, 88% lit. The Harvest Moon was full Saturday.
AIR & POLLEN
42
GOODAir quality index · ozone
Tomorrow: None, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
77% · 0.24 in Tuesday evening 50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Comfortable: dew points 52 to 64° ↑ The front passes Drier: 36° by Friday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 66° / 42°
TUE Sept. 29 Showers likely Showers likely
67° 59°
80% rain — S 10 A
WED Sept. 30 Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
78° 56°
20% rain — SW 5 B
THU Oct. 1 Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
68° 42°
0% rain — NNW 8 B
FRI Oct. 2 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
66° 40°
0% rain — NW 5 A
SAT Oct. 3 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
65° 43°
20% rain — SSW 6 B
SUN Oct. 4 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
65° 36°
0% rain — NNW 5 C
MON Oct. 5 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
63° 41°
0% rain — SSE 2 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Big Bend about 5,000 feet above the ground was over a point about 290 miles to the south three days ago, about 750 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from the Great Lakes; at 10,000 feet, from a point about 330 miles to the south. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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WISCONSIN · RUSK

Big Bend

410 people, 1,070 ft above sea level in Rusk County.

1,070 ftElevation
410People
33 sq miLand
Sunny 67°
SunnyDew point 58°
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Today in Big Bend

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 67° 0%
6p rain 64° 47%
9p rain 61° 52%
12a mostly cloudy night 62° 21%
3a mostly cloudy night 63° 3%
6a mostly cloudy night 63° 1%
Rain
NEXT RAINToday about 4 PM · 77%
→
Tue80%
Showers likely Showers likely
59
67
A
Wed20%
Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
56
78
B
Thu0%
Partly cloudy; cooler Partly cloudy; cooler
42
68
B
Fri0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
40
66
A
Sat20%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
43
65
B
Sun0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
36
65
C
Mon0%
Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
41
63
C
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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